Romania upset China to win women’s team epee gold

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Romania collected their first gold medal of the Rio Olympics by beating defending champion China in the final of women’s epee team here.

The Romanian quartet of Loredana Dinu, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop, Ana Maria Popescu triumphed over China by a score of 44-38 on Thursday, making a revenge for the loss at the World Championships in Moscow last year, reports Xinhua.

“It’s an amazing day. We dreamed (about) this day for such a long time, and now we did it. We just did it. Can you believe it?” said Popescu.

China had the opportunity to become the second country to win back-to-back gold medals in the women’s epee team, after Russia did it at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games.